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Paterson Is Okay With Being Okay
Paterson has many elements I love to find in a film: a commitment to exploring mundane, everyday life, and dry humor. Paterson has tremendously little plot. Jim Jarmusch’s previous film Only Lovers Left Alive is similarly plotless. The filmmaker clearly favors character over narrative. However where Only Lovers’ plotlessness is deliberately slow, Paterson proceeds at… Continue reading Paterson Is Okay With Being Okay
Doc Sportello is a Real Human Being and a Real Hero
Chris talks about a character arc in a movie that he loved but that confused a lot of people (including him).
Dueling Review: Is Rogue One Any Good? (Brian v. Chris)
Brian and Chris offer back-to-back reviews of Rogue One highlighting the light side, and the dark.
We go Gaga for La La Land
Sam and Chris discuss their mutual love of musicals and how La La Land mines the tradition to its advantage.
Transcending Self for the American Dream in Whiplash
Chris breaks down what was so arresting about the final sequence in Whiplash.
Manchester by the Sea Punches You in the Gut (But I Liked it)
Chris reviews a great tragedy that keeps kicking the audience while they’re down.
From Anchormen to Businessmen
Friend Tessa Duke discusses The Big Short and Adam McKay’s approach to an economic crisis film.
Friends on Flicks 